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?aump.? fjfthrrfh<rt\j.e. GA HLiXd'fox, J:i)iron,LAURENS, OCT. ?1st, 188?.Subscription Pi leo--12 Months, $1.00.PAYA HI,K IN ADVANCE.Rates for Advert?a!np.- Ordinary A<1vertlsewents, pomquaro, ono insertlon, ft.00; each Sttlmcquoilt insorf iOII, 00 COllt?.Liberal reduction made for largo Ad?vortiHOinonls.J. C. DARLINGTON A- co.,Proprietors.Cotton Seed Oil Mills.It is rather remarkable thatamono; all the improvements thathave been made here recently,nothing has been dene in the way ofmanufacturing enterprises. Thereare many such needed, and a littlecapital expended in this directionwould tend materially to build upthe town. If wo cannot have acotton factory, weean at least havelill oil mill. Such an enterprisewould not only be of the greatestbenefit to the town; a great convenience to thc community ; hut itwould directly benefit the farmersof tho county.' "Chemical analysis shows thatthat the oil in cotton seed does notenter asa fertilizing property ; thatafter the oil is extruded the valueof tho meal is notlcwoned. If thisbe true, and we must take it astrue, there is surely a great wasteto use this valuable oil as a fertilizer.Again, a great many farmors prefer to use commercial fertilizers,and make every year large quantities of ditton seed for sale. Wefind that the cotton mills are nowpaying fancy prices for cotton seed.Columbia, for instance, offers IScents per bushel. This is directlybeneficial to the fanners.The cotton seed oil mills of theSouth, to-day ?ive paying largerdividends than the majority of thecotton factories, although highprices are paid for the seed.All cannot be successful merchants. We must have diversityof industries, and (he sooner weturn our attention to factories, thesooner will prosperity come. Ifsome live man would make theinitial Step, it might lead to a manufacturing boom, in comparison withwhich our sister towns would boinsignificant.Let the right man try It, it willpay.Hut Ono Way Out.Now that it is too late, Charleston realizes the fact flint she haslost the trade of upper-South Carolina by means of the Georgia Central's invasion. It is unfortunatefor "tho city by thc sou," but inthis aggressive age we must notdepend too much on what has been,hut grasp opportunities as they rise.To sit quiet by and depend uponreputation, or anything else, in thisday, will not do. It is simply amatter of business. The GeorgiaCentral has shown its accustomedenergy and foresight in pushing- l& lines further into this richcountry. While Charleston wasengaged in imaginary roads onpaper, the spikes were being driventhat bind us to Savannah. Now,if she would retrieve the loss, lether, instead of wasting more valuable time, enter Into some arrangement with the Greenville &Columbia Railroad hy which shecon ut least handle our cottonIt seems that of late Charlestonhas shown a- remarkable bick ofenterprise; golden opportunitieshave been allowed to pass withoutimprovement, and it would bestrange, if at this late day, sheshould do anything. We hope,however, that .something will bedone.Tho unfortunate inhabitants oftho Celestial Km pi re appear to occupy rather a disngroablo placewhen they come to America to engage in business. A potitiotl containing tho signatures of some fiftyor more small dealers in Augusta,"was presented to the Council requesting that no more license begranted to Chinese in that city.By their cheap living, short weightsand other tricks in trade, it isclaimed that the heathen Chineseoffer unfair competition. Tills iscertainly a novel question and wewill await tho notion of the citycouncil with considerable interest.It is hard to see bow this can be aJust ground for withholding licenses. ?Tho Abbeville Messenger Appearsthis weok greatly improved andenlarged; tt now has forty-eightcolumns, which makes lt ono of thelargest weeklies in the State. AltlfV'iigh a yoting paper, lt, show:,signs of abundant prosperity. Mr.T. i'. < <.'' <''. \ \. of tho editorsand ' pn?pj1*rt>v ) has withdrawn,.uni ...u ?suM. is. iioM'KAM and.I s rt. s. ? i ?:<;IA will continue thepubliention^ We wish all partiesThc Teachers* Meeting.Tho County Teachers1 Association, which met on the Kith und17th, wns, in ninny respects, unutter failure. Such un organization, in owler to bo successful, mustbegin In earnest ; the teachers mustnt least feel sufficiently interestedin their work to attend the meet*inga, or it cannot accomplish anygood. There ure some half-dozenteachers in the county who arethoroughly in earnest, and desireto promote the great cause of education, hut it cannot advance as itshould without the co-operation ofthe touchers throughout the county.The past decade shows a mostwonderful Improvement In all tin?arts and sciences, hut in none hasmore progress been made thanin the modes of teaching. Wosee the work accomplished morethoroughly and in half the time;the children are made to feel interested in the school, and in manyrespects we lind the new methodsan Improvement upon the old, andyet a great many teachers ore contented to follow in the old ruts.Whether the old or the new hebest, it will certainly prove beneficial to all teachers to meet together and discuss the differentmodes. Let thom meet and Interchango views. It will canto orthusitism and /.eui in this important work, and establish a relationthat will surely prove profitable aswell as pleasant.The Normal Institute, recentlyconducted at this place, guvo agreat impetus to education in ourcounty. If wi1 would attain thegreatest results, we should carryon the work thus inaugurated, bymeans of these Teachers' Association.The meeting just closed was notwell attended, and consequentlyfailed to accomplish the good thatwas expected; yet if nothing morewas accomplished, it has been themeans of showing bow few teachersin the County appreciate such aninstitution. All present J seemeddeeply interested in the work ofthe Association, and to them itwas a pleasant occasion. The discussions were both instercstitlg andinstructive, and it is earnestly hopedthat ?it the next mooting, whichwill be on the Third Saturday inNovember, at Clinton, all the teachers who have tin* cause of education at heart, ami who have thoambition to rise higher in the profession, will, if possible, attend.Clinton is alive in educationalmatters, and upon this occasion,we are sure, will extend a cordialwelcome.All Important Issue.{From the Philadelphia Time*.)The Prohibitionists of Iowa havefound themselves outwitted nguiuon a lelil? point and, as a result,have suffered the worst defeat everadministered io them. Prueoodings having been instituted ngaiustsome liquor sellers in Dubuque,their counsel raised the hithertounheard of point that the proceedings were directly opposed to thecivil rights bill and asked that thesuit be transferred to the Federalcourts. The Court granted the petition mid the whole question ofprohibiting the sale of liquors isthus given a different turn fromany it luis ever had.The section under which this action has been taken is the following from the hill of April 'lo, 1871:SUCTION 11)71). Kvcry personwho, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom orusage of any State or Territory,subjects, or causes to be subjected,any citizen of the United States,or other person within the jurisdiction thereof, to tho deprivation ofany ri?rhis, privileges or immunities secured hy tho Constitutionund laws, shall be liable to theparty injured in an action at lawsuit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.It was claimed by the defensethat the state of Iowa had encouraged nun to settle within its boundaries, thus placing the manufacture and sale of liquors anion"; the"rights, privileges and immunities"secured by thc Constitution and thc11 ws.If this point be sustained in Federal courts the Prohibition peoplewill learn something of the difference between hunting the tiger undbeing hunted by the ti^er. Suchan interpretation would turn thetables completely. Under thoState law the liquor selling ls notonly made a crime; it is absolutelyprohibited. Under the construction maintained by the defense,ami now to he Judiciously determined, the State cannot destroy abus!ness which it has permitted itscitizens to follow ami build up without compensating its victims.This is more than an interestingquestion of law. It luis a directbearing upon the reciprocal relations and powers of the Federalami Slate (J over Union ts, and thesettlement of the issue w ill determine tn what extent tho late amendments and the laws passed lu pursuance of them have changed theoriginal or the ante-war construction of the Constitution. It is givena greater importance because theSupreme Court has already declared unconstitutional those sections of the ci vii rights bill whichwere intended to secure to negroesequal accommodations al inns, public conveyances and places ofamusement.-Twenty-two prisoners againstwhom warrants had been Issuedin the Culhrcuth case, were broughtto Bdgofield on Thursday by SreriffOuzts ami committed to Jail. Therewere three who failed to report onaccount of Illness In their families.These have agreed to report to theSheriff every two or throe days,-A Northern company has purchased tlie Warm Springs on thoFrench llroud for % 100,000. Theyex peet to build a line, and commodious hotel.?Th? Ini-KOHl hotels in Chicagonow claim ni! the tip* by waiters,boll-boy's' porters, etc., ns n part of?heir roiltnilrotul Commissions.WASHINGTON, October 13.-TheSupreme Court of the Cotted Statesto-day began hearing argumentsupon tho "Mississippi railroad eon -missioners oases." These are threein number, having points of differ*euee, but similar in their mainfeatures, and they are being argued together. They involve a decision upon the right of a State totlx taritf rates, prescribo localitiesfor depots, and make other regulations for railroads which are builtand operated under charters ofother States of the United States.In ISSI, tin' Mississippi Legislaturepassed a railroad commission billproviding for the appointment ofa bonni of commissioner author*i/.od and required to tlx tariff ratesfor railroads lying in and passingthrough the State, and to exercisecertain other functions in the management of lines, and empoweredthe commiasission to demand nuder penalties for non-compliancesuch information from the roadsas might be found desirable in theperformance of its linties. Thecommissioners took stens to carryout the law, giving the roads notice of the fact, whereupon theFarmers Loan and Trust Company,as trustees of tho Mobilt and OhioRoad, the Illinois Central and theNew Orleans and Northeasterneach attacked the law in the Federal courts, holding it to be unconstitutional, and secured an injunction restraining the commissionersfrom carrying the State law intoeffect. The question comes beforethe Supreme Court upon appealfrom the Court below.-News (tiul( 'ourter.Advice to Newspaper Headers.Never borrow a paper. This isImportant.Never believe anything you readin a newspaper that doesn't agreewith what you think. This saveswear and tour on your convictions.Always speak slightingly of thenewspaper you happen to read.This Impresses people who don'tknow you with the idea that youare a very superior sort of a person.When a newspaper opposes yourcandidacy always accuse the editorof having a personal spite againstyou. That is the way you wouldact if you were the edito;', youknow.When you finish reading the paper throw it down contemptuouslyand remark loudly and impressively that "there's nothing in the papers nowadays." This carriesweight with those people who overhear you and are unable to readthemselves.Write frequent letters to thoeditor telling him how to conducthis business. This is one of thethings he enjoys most of anything.lt shows him that whatever disadvantages his work may have, he ismuch more to be envied than abilious, dyspeptic, conceited, asinino, ignorant, bumptious, boresome crank, lt makes him satisfied with his lot. Hut send yourletter by mail. Why? The editormay be a larger man than you are.-Xe ie Vork (trophic.-"Do 1 keep a cyclone pit?"echoed the passenger from theWest: "Yes I keep one not farfrom my house, but Lord bless youT ain't afraid of cyclones. The cyclone was never born that couldscare me or make me run.""Hut what have you got the cyclone pit for ?""Well, you see, my old womanhas spells of temper when faintsafe for a fellow to be around, especially wash days. On them occasions I find my cyclone rightsmart handy."-"Old Si" Small, the "nigger"writer of the Atlanta Constitution,has confessed religion, and gone topreaching.TAKE NOTICE.AH persons indebted to us bynote or account, are requested tosettle same by l?th November,next. Our business must and willbe closed up. All accounts notcollected in due time, will necessarily be enforced.HOV I), FL CSS & CO.THF. STATE OF SO FT 11 CAROUNA--LAURENS COUNTYIN PROBATE COURT.VVborons, O. \V. Shell, e. e. e. c., liasapplied to mc for Letters of A (I m i ll int ration, on tho Kstnto of .Fohn V. Uodfroy,deceased.These an? therefore to cite and admonish all and siiiiruhir the kindred andcreditors of said deceased, to he and aplicar heforc me at a Court of Probate toIiO holden at Illy offloO at I.aureus <'. II.,on tho 24th day of Novembor, lsK>, at loo'clock, A. M., to show cause, if any thevcan, why letters should not ho granted.OIVOI1 Ulldor Wy hand and seal this,the nth dnv of October, i ??>.A. NV. IJURNiSIDK. J. r. i.. e.Oct. ll, ISK? ll Ct,GEORGIARAISED OATS!Red Rust Proof Oats, with andwithout vetch seed, (50 to 75 centsper bushels.Hurt oats, with or without vetchseed, 75 cents to $1.00 per bushel.Vetch largely increases the yieldand quality of the Oafs for a foragecrop. Reliable home grown.Cash or reference with orders.AddressJAS. L. FLEMING.Augusta, Ga.Special Notice.All persons indebted to W. Ti.Boyd and W. L. Boyd & Co., eitherby note or account, are earnestlyrequested to settle same by Noveneber 1st, and save cost as we arecompelled to raise money to carryon business.W. L. BOYDA CO.Stud. 0, V.? (I ?tuIMMENSE ATTRACTIONS !-AT THEtinLE^nsrO ?SB 30'Wr3LiH?S,8iW BROAD STREET AUOUSTA QA.The LARGEST HOUSE iii the City !The Cheapest House in the South !!We buy for Cash and cant bo Undersold.PARLOR and CHAM HEH SUITS! n Quality and Quantity neverbefore seen.SIDE-HOARDS, WARDROBES and BOOK-CASES by the hundred.BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS and TABLES hythe (cross.MIRRORS, PICTURES and BRACKETS In endless Variety.BABY CARRIAGES, LOUNGES and Everything to be hud inn FirstClass House.g.tSF~ Call and pee, or write for Cuts and Prices.W. ?. DELPH,813 Broad Street, ~* Augusta, Ga.WHOLESALE amd RETAIL DEALER INCOOKING STOVES, "HEATING STOVES, ORATES, TINWARFBuy the EXCELSIOR COOK STOVE.Sovontcen different Sizes and Kinds in Stock.Heating Stoves in groat variety, for wood and coal Tinware atDow figures for Cash.TIN-PLATE, SHEET IRON, SOLDER.W. I. DELPH.-*Mis. N. BRUM CLARK*Has oponcned an Elegant Lino of LA DIES' & CHILDREN'S HATS,CAFS, FTC. Her stock embraces all the Novelties of the Season,Velvets, fancy und plain, Velveteens, Flushes, Braids, Huttons; anti herusual >upply of Notions. Having secured the most competent assistants, we have resumed tho business ofDRESS AND CLOAK MAKING!Parties out of tho city can bu satisfactorily fitted by sending your corri et measure. Your patronage is respectfully solicited.M RS. N. BRUM CLARK,819 Broad Street, Aug-u ta, Ga.-#Y0UNG, HACK & CO.,WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL? A *> TS J?D Ju/ XL v:901 Broad Street,AUGUSTA,GA.Our Clothing is true when tried Our Loaders make our comiPetitors tremble whoo our prices are told.Now is the time to buy your Foll Clothing. Our Stock of OverCoats, Mens', Youths' and Boys Clothing is completo.Besides we aro ordering almost daily; and if you don't bellvothat we have the Largest and Best Stack of Clothing over brought*o Lurons, and sell thom as cheap as any to wu or city in tho Statecall in our Store andg give us a trial and we will convince youWt? sell the John H. Stetson Hats, and manyj other brands, andwill sell them as Cheap as anyone for sumo grade of goods.We keep the Chas. Halser, tho Best SHOES and BOOTSon tho face of the earth. We have never sohl any other Shoe, except this, since our oommencomen in business throe years ago.Wo have a few goods loft from L. A. MeCord's last FalPStock,such as Flannels, Ladles' Dross Ooods, Velvets, and Ladles' Hats,which wo prosose to sell for Less money than anyone in our town'and will sell thom regardless of Cos}. This class of goods wo dontkeep, and want .to close them out at any price within reason.Our Motto ls (}OOD OOODSYou can buy shoddy if it looks cheap, hut let me warn you' thatit dear in the long run. Buy good goods, it Is cheapest.$0~ Our terms aro Cash.LEAKE & PATTON.I RON. F 0 UN DR Y.All kinds of Machinery repaired. Iron and Bram Onstmoof every description, made on short notice. Work guarantyns good, and prices Lower flinn cnn he lind nt any other FoundWe mean what wc say. Call or write for price?.MYERS & COLE,Laurens S. GLET UH ORGANIZE A NATIONAL HANK.It is admitted that wo need aNational Bank for Laurean. WoInvito all who cnn ho induced totake an Interest in the project, tocomo up with their subscriptions,large and small.No subscription will be calledfor before the 1st of .January next.SAMUEL R. TODD,.INO. A. HA ll KSDA LE.ENOCH WEST,- UK ALK IHN -Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacle*, ?fcc.AP?RHFAmiNG A BFROLVLTY./UTAH work Guaranteed ^jgjjfLAU It K N H, C. H., S. C.ZELJU c?t>Having great ly !!! m proved our pince of business In order to moot thdemand? of our increased trade, wo now come to the front with tholargest and most comple-stock of FAMILY GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES, AC, to bo found anywhere, which wo propose to soil atprices that#DEFY ?Sfl?PEflTON.?Being Kn our own house, having rn? rent to pay, and buying goodsfrom.tho host houses, at lowest Cash prices, we propose to give the ad"vantage thus derived to our customers.Highest cash price paid for hides and furs. Top of the market paidfor Cotton.LAURENS S. C.This Space belongs toMINTER &JAMIESON,-DEALERS IN -Dry Goods,Dress Goods,Clothing, Hats,^Bootsj&jShoes^FURNITUREA SPECIALTY!Satisfaction Guaranteed both as toQuality and Prices.COME ONE, COME ALLAnd see and feel and be convinced thatGRAHAM & SPANKSHave one of the Largest and Best Assorted Stocks ofGENERAL MERCHANDISE IN THE COUNTRYCall and examine our Stock of Ladies' and Gents' Hose, Gloves,Gents'Collars and (Hlffs, Eadie-' Jerseys, Walking Jackets, NewMarkets, Cloak's, Dios-, Uoods,tfSilks," Prints, Illeaebigs, Ticking,(ting lunns, Shirting, Sheeting, Cotton Checks,Tables Damask, Tow,els, Doylies, Dinseys, Jeans, Cassimores, and everything generallykept in a first-class store.CLOTH1M?Our Stock of (Mothing ls complete this Season. We uro nowprepared to save you money in Ibis linoIn this lim? it is useless for us to say anything, for our custom orsknow that we always keep the best stock of shoes in town.HATS and CAPS-In this line we o>ku suit everybody.We wish to call your attention to our Stock of Shirts. Our $1.00Shirt turns down anything on the bill.Groceries-Sugar, Coffee, Table-salt, Cheese, Crackers, Canned(mods, Soaps Starch, Soda, Pining, Pepper, Spice, ('hew lng Tob?ceoSmoking Tobacco, Cigars, AC.GRAHAM & SPARKS.Tlie Big Eagle!J. R. Cooper & Co.Haye removed their Stock of Fancy and Family Groceries,Confectioneries, Fruits, ?tc.Vegetables, Wooden-ware, Hoots, Shoes and Hatsto the new store, Just completed, under the sign of tho-'Big Eagl*," Eastside of Public Square.Highest prices phid for Produce, Hides, Etc.f}W~ We thank our customers for past patronage, and solicit a continuance of the Hame. Call and st e us.J. Li. COOPER & CO.Tlx? 3LiSfu.i?eixe-vi.lleFEMALE COLLRe-opens Monday, September 141X . S8tFully equipped in all Departments. Apply , .-culI have on hand a Lol of FINE METALLIC, CEDAR WALNIand ROSEWOOD BURIAL ( ASES and CASKETS, also u LotChctip Coffins from $A.0O upwards. '?IT Hearse furnished on till occasions at small p. lee., B. B. HUNTE